, July 7 -- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam on Tuesday reaffirmed Bangladesh's continued commitment to the BIMSTEC process and reiterated its resolve to further advance regional cooperation during Bangladesh's Chairmanship of BIMSTEC.

Reiterating to the government's foreign policy priority of "Bangladesh First," she underscored the importance of enhancing cooperation in priority areas, including trade and investment, connectivity, energy, climate change, and people-to-people contacts, with a view to delivering tangible benefits to the peoples of the region.

The issues were discussed when Secretary General of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Indra Mani Pande...